Herugavialis is the new name for a fossil found in the same rocks that built the Great Sphinx. The reptile is a unique branch ...

The specimen was long mislabeled, according to a new study. Paleontologists identified it as a previously undescribed genus ...

A Wyoming ranch dog dragged home a small masked carcass one September night, and the local taxidermist took one look before ...

Several endangered species in the U.S. have recovered from their endangered status thanks to federal protections.

In the past couple of decades, several species have been driven to extinction thanks, in large part, to human interference. Sometimes that interference is direct, poaching for big game trophies or ...

Just because a species is presumed extinct doesn’t mean it’s gone forever. Here are four glowing examples of this unique, and felicitous, phenomenon. Not all species that have been classified as ...

Learn more about Herugavialis cairensis, an extinct crocodile species whose fossil came from the same rocks as the Great ...

Changes to the Endangered Species Act may leave iconic Georgia wildlife like the right whale vulnerable.

Why large numbers of reptile species face extinction and what that means for our ecosystem. Globally, about 20 percent of reptile species are facing the threat of extinction. That ...

Using ancient DNA recovered from bone fragments, researchers discovered a new species of extinct bovine in Denisova Cave, a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. There’s an important concept in evolutionary biology called ...